Initial, motif, and the like



Dec. 27, 1927. 1,654,187

A. FARSQNS INITIAL, MOTIF AND THE LIKE Filed Dec. 50. 1926 Y r 2 W V IN VE/VTOR AUELA /0 Phrase/vs,

Patented Dec. 27, 1927, 1

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ADELAIDE PARSONS, OF CARDIFF, SOUTH WALES.

INITIAL, MOTIF, AND THE LIKE.

Application fi1ed December 30, 1926, Serial No. 158,001, and in Great Britain June 21, 1926.

The object of my invention is to provide Referring to the drawings, a letter accord an artistic and useful form of initial or other inn to this invention is shown as consisting similar representation which can be readily of an. arcuate section element produced by applied by an unskilled person to a handbag being pressed out of a strip of imitation or any other article to which it is desired to leather between a pair of die members 1 and afiia initials, motifs and other representa- 52 shown in Figs. l. and. 5. One die member tions. has in relief a sharp edge 3 having); the out- According to this invention, initials, moline of the letter to he produced. the space tits and the like are produced by being bounded by the sharp edges being concave iv stamped or pressed out by means of a die so as at 4 to receive a convex relief portion 5 arranged that the resultant letter or the like on the other die member. The concave pen has its limbs of arcuate section reinforced tion 4c and the convex portion 5 have aligning by serrations, corrugations or grooves across corrugations and recesses 6 and 7 respectively them to obtain a rigid letter, the hollow back to produce corrugations or ribs 6 in the tin 15 of each letter or the like having an adhesive ished article, which is shown in Figs. 1, 2 agent applied thereto whereby the letters and 3. This finished article has a concave and the like are ready for application to section hack and a convex section face 8, and bags and other articles by merely moisthe back has applied to it a coating of adtening or heating the back of the letter to hesive material 9 which may if desired fill T30 render the adhesive substance sticky. in the concave surface.

The face of each letter or the like is pref- A letter, motif or the like produced acerably coated with a gilt or other suitable cording to my invention. is of a fairly rigid colouring agent, and the material from which form so that it does not lose its proper conthe letters and the like are made is preferably figuration when being applied to an article, imitation leather of a fairly rigid nature. and when. applied. it has the appearance of The adhesive agent assists in maintaining being pressed out in. relief from the surface the letters rigid and the glue or the like to which it is applied. employed preferably fills up the whole of What I claim is the hollow back of each letter. An initial, motif or the like for applicae The invention as applied to a letter A is tion to hand bags and the like, comprising,

illustrated by the accompanying sheet of in con'ibination, a member of arcuate cross drawii'igrs, in which, section, the outer face of which convert Fig. 1 is a perspective face view, and the inner face concave, an. adhesive subliig. 2 is a perspective rear view, and stance within the concave inner face of said 35 Fig. 3 is a section on the line (t/) of member for atta(hing same to a hand bag Fig. l. or the like, and corrugations formed aer Fig. 1- shows diagrannnatically in per said member to reinforce same and to assist spective and enlarged for clearness a suitable in retaining said adhesive substance within form or die, and the concave inner face thereof.

" Fig. 5 is a transverse section through the two die members on the lines c-cl and e-f. ADELAIDE PARSONS, 

